BESSIE'S ADVENTURE WITH A GHOST

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 20

BESSIE'S ADVENTURE WITH A GHOST

(Original, by "Baspberry

Bessie Eainond was wildly excited, for she was packing up to travel on a long journey to her aunt's home at Wakenside, where she'was to stay for her Christmas holidays'. Bessie had a notion that the old house in which her aunt lived was haunted, because she had heard that a ghost appeared every year, at Christmas,' but her aunt would not hear of such a thing.

With this thought in her mind, Bessie hurried down to dinner. The thought made her feel more excited, for she was.very fond of adventures, and was really a tomboy.

Bessie's aunt lived by herself in a very old house, for her husband had died many years ago. He used to travel round the world, and on one of these journeys found a precious jewel, which Bessie's aunt now kept hidden safely away, The maid, whom slve used to have, had left, because her mother had been taken ill.

AVhcn Bessio arrived the next night, her aunt had a lovely tea awaiting her, whichi she thoroughly enjoyed. After tea Bessio and her aunt decided to go to bed early, for they wcr'o .very tired,

Bessio lay awako for hours. Sho had made up her mind that sho was going to find out, if sho couid, who

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the Christmas ghost was. Suddenly the clock struck twelve, and 'into tho room came a ghastly figure clad ill white. It closed the door after it, meaning to get out by the opcii window, and slowly glided towards Bessie's bed, but Bessie was plucky. Sho jumped out of bedj switched on the light, and ran to where the ghost stood. It did not have time to' escape, because the ddbr was closed.

Bessie boldly pulled the sheet front the ghost, and a torch fell from tho hands of an angry, white-faced girl.

Bessie gave a merry laugh, which her aunt heard, and came running in to see what was the matter.

"Oli! It is Jane, my maid/ she gasped. "However did you get here?" Tho maid thought she had better toll the truth. The aunt had told her about tho jewel and where it was hidden. Not being able to afford to pay for her mother's nursing, Jane had come to seek tho jewel. She Commenced to cry, and said sho was very sorry for what she had done, so Bessie's aunt forgave her, and gave her some money for her mother.

When her mother bceaino better, Jano was allowed to oomo back to her old place with. Bessie's Aunt. ,